The sponsor of a “birther” bill that has stalled in the Georgia House made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to get a vote on the proposal.

Rep. Mark Hatfield, R-Waycross, failed in his attempt to get the powerful Rules Committee to amend a bill setting the date for Georgia’s presidential primary. He tried to add language from House Bill 401, which would force presidential and vice presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before landing on the Georgia ballot.

The attempt would have led to a Crossover Day vote on Wednesday, the last day for a measure to pass from one chamber for review in another. The primary bill is up for a vote on Wednesday, but without any amendments.

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This is ashame. Watch the media make a big deal out of this tommorrow slamming people wanting to uphold Article 2 Section 1. The MSM were quite about this prior to the vote but watch tommorrow and see them go into overdrive. By the way I liked your brief call in last night on the Howie Mandel show.

Again, the corporate media is deliberately silent to the level of complicity on the threats, intimidation and even legislative blackmail that is currently taking place over the issue of states’ rights and the U.S. Constitution. Specifically being referenced are the efforts of individual states to pass a Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act, or legislation that would allow each state to pass legislation verifying the eligibility of a presidential candidate under Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.

As most people know and despite demonstrably false assertions to the contrary, Obama has failed to provide proof of eligibility to occupy the White House. Furthermore, those responsible for vetting his credentials and filing the necessary documents to allow him to be included on the ballot have failed to be held accountable for their inaction.

imageAs detailed by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, the most obvious example of this travesty of law is illustrated in the state of Georgia, where we, as Americans, have less than 36 hours to put pressure on the legislators to do the right thing by the U.S. Constitution. As detailed by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, Georgia HB 401, The Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act is deliberately and purposely being stalled in committee by the Georgia House of Representatives by lack of full backing by the Republican Speaker of the House David Ralston.

Co-Sponsor of the Georgia Proof-of-Eligibility Law, Representative Sean Jerguson has laid the unvarnished truth out to the American people in an interview last week about the media’s distortion of the bill. He slams the media for spinning the truth or only offering half-truths about the bill. The video of this March 7, 2011 interview can be accessed here and provides an excellent glimpse into what has been going on behind the scenes pertaining to this bill.

You said:[Furthermore, those responsible for vetting his credentials and filing the necessary documents to allow him to be included on the ballot have failed to be held accountable for their inaction.]

Has anyone ever attempted to contact former Hawaii Democratic Party Chair Bryan Schatz and ask him directly why he didn't certify Obama on their OCON form?

During the Jim “Howie” Mandel radio show this evening, I stated that during the Senate Resolution 511 approval process there was mention by someone as an aside that Obama was born in Hawaii. I said that it seemed stange that someone should mention where Obama was born when the issue was whether McCain was a "natural born Citizen." While we were on the air, a copy of Senate Resolution 511 was examined and shown no to contain any such declaration.

The reason why the Obama birth-place declaration was not found is that it is contained in the legal opinion memo written by Tribe and Olson which served as the legal foundation for Senate Resolution 511, not in the resolution itself. Here is the language:

“And Senator Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961—not long after its admission to the Union on August 21, 1959. We find it inconceivable that Senator Obama would have been ineligible for the Presidency had he been born two years earlier.”

Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162 (1875) confirmed that Emer de Vattel, in The Law of Nations, Section 212, is the source that provided the Founders and Framers the definition of a natural born citizen which definition is a child born in the country to citizen parents. While not citing Vattel by name, Minor provided Vattel’s definition of a “natural born citizen” almost verbatim. In fact, Minor told us that the Framers were familiar with the common law and then gave us Vattel’s definition of a “natural born Citizen” when telling us what that common law was. This surely was not the English common law. Hence, Minor shows that Vattel’s definition became incorporated into American common law. Our U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that Vattel may be relied upon in defining a “natural born Citizen.”

Note that Tribe and Olson did not rely upon Vattel Section 215 to declare McCain a “natural born citizen,” Vattel being the only source used by Minor which was also confirmed to be a valid source in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark which cited Minor and provided its Vattelian common law definition of a “natural born Citizen.”

Vattel could have provided Tribe and Olson with a much better argument for declaring McCain to be a “natural born Citizen,” for Vattel at Section 215 says that one who is born out of the country to parents serving in the armies of the state is reputed born in the country. Hence, McCain would be considered born in the country to citizen parents and thus a “natural born Citizen.” This is especially so since the U.S. Supreme Court in Minor had already relied upon Vattel to define a “natural born Citizen.” But then if Tribe and Olson used Vattel as authority for their opinion that McCain was a "natural born Citizen," they would have disqualified Obama from being President.

Removing the illegal alien cannot be had sitting in front of a laptop. I love you guys and applaud all of your efforts. But, no matter what, sooner or later, all would have to conclude that this can only be cured by the citizens themselves. There is not going to be an easy fix. Dictators stay in power, for life.

the danger of forged birth documents coming from hawaii is a prime reason why the birther movement needs to be focused on the kenyan father of obama and not on his birth certificate. it should primarily be stressed around the clock that obama is a dual citizen which is not allowed by the constitution

It took a century for them to get here ( in total control of everything). No one individual on any level is, or can, do anything to dissrupt what took years to accomplish. You want who? To do what? At this point, are you crazy? They are all in a "do nothing-kind of in your face" mode. There is only one strategy left. Revolution.

The Georgia House Republicans who kowtowed to media pressure and were bamboozled by its lies should have considered that maybe, just maybe, the Anointed One would have WELCOMED the opportunity to prove that he was born in Hawaii, since he and his acolytes have all said that was so, did they not?

@Anonymous"the danger of forged birth documents coming from hawaii is a prime reason why the birther movement needs to be focused on the kenyan father of obama and not on his birth certificate. it should primarily be stressed around the clock that obama is a dual citizen which is not allowed by the constitution"

Until a birth certificate is presented, we don't know who was named "Father" at the time of his birth.

@Anonymous"Obama is a dual citizen of indonesia and that is enough to impeach him.We dont need to see a birth certificate"

I agree with you about his having Indonesian citizenship and (maybe)American citizenship, too. However, I've read some remarks made by legal eagles stating that because he was only a child when he was moved from the US and given Indonesian citizenship and was still a child when he returned to the US, his Indonesian citizenship may not be "held against him" (their words, not mine). I don't know if they're right or not and I'd be very interested to hear what Mario Apuzzo has to say about it.

It does not matter if he was a child or not.He can be anything in this country he wants to be like a state senator for 6 or 7 years and a congress senator for 3 years.HE JUST CAN'T BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES because he was a indonesian citizen which makes him a dual citizen. Obama is real arrogant and he thinks he rules the world and he thinks he is better then everybody else.

phillip berg says that barry soetoro was supposed to change his name back to barack hussein obama after returning from indonesia. he was supposed to do this between the ages of 18 and 21. berg says no evidence can be found that he legally did this. therefore every time he signs his name he is committing fraud including the 50 state primaries.

I sent this to every Republican Rep.in Wisconsin,they have a good track record. Maybe they'll write a bill.

Thank You, for voting to bring your state back to fiscal responsibility, some things have to be done and some people don't understand that. I know you must have a lot going on, but I need to ask a favor for the entire country. If you or one of your fellow republicans can find the time to introduce an eligibility bill for the purpose of vetting and verifying candidates for president and vice president to prove they are natural born citizens as per article 2 sec1 of the US constitution. As you may know there are a number of other states trying to do the same thing. Over 50% of Americans are doubting Obama's birth place, not to mention his dual citizenship. His gangster government has already gotten to some of the legislators in those states. I know Wisconsin is a determined state and will not be strong armed by Obama's goons. We need this bill passed now so that the American people will never again have doubts about our president. More info at www.birtherreport.com Thank You

It isn't his Indonesian citizenship that matters because that happened later in his life, what matters is his status at birth. It's a fact that he was BORN a dual citizen...American and also a British subject (at most, IF he was born in Hawaii). The status at birth is what counts to determine if one is a natural born citizen and Obama FAILS!

Anonymous Said: "the danger of forged birth documents coming from hawaii is a prime reason why the birther movement needs to be focused on the kenyan father of obama and not on his birth certificate. it should primarily be stressed around the clock that obama is a dual citizen which is not allowed by the constitution"

The problem with that tactic is: Until you see the Birth Certificate, you only have Obama's word for who his Father and Mother was. What if it turns out that his father was NOT Obama Sr.?What if his father (listed on whatever is being held in the DOH Vault) lists his father as a US Citizen? Then What? The Birth Certificate isn't the end - it's the Beginning - but it IS important. How do we know his mother is Stanley Ann Dunham? We need to see the Birth Certificate (If one exists).ELmo

A suggested narrative to explain an event that has not been explained to date.

A person asked me the other night on the radio show why would the Daily Kos have to forge a Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth (COLB) when Obama could have easily obtained a real one. As you recall the Daily Kos put up the first digital internet image of the Obama COLB which later was picked up by Obama's campaign site, not vice versa. I have thought about this. Knowing that imo there is an actual vital record for Obama in Hawaii due to the likely false registration of Obama being born their by his maternal grandmother, Grandma Dunham, and that falsified registration triggered the two newspaper announcements which were placed routinely by the Bureau of Health in those two newspapers every week or two as public service reporting births registered, real births or false filings such as Grandma Dunhams for Obama. We also know from research by others that Obama's vital records have been amended. Thus comes to my mind why I think Obama could not get a real COLB from Hawaii and publish that on the net. I believe now that he was falsely registered as born in Honolulu by the Grandma under the name of Barack Hussein Obama II. But at age 5 or less he was adopted by his new step-father Lolo Soetoro. Thus his birth records in Hawaii were amended to a new name, Barry Soetoro, or Soebarkah Soetoro (the name mentioned in the mother's passport file found via the FOIA request by Strunk). Barry Soetoro of course became his nickname since Soebarkah Soetoro was a mouth full to pronounce. I believe that Obama never had that record legally changed back to Barack Hussein Obama II. Thus he could not get an official COLB from Hawaii because the name would show up as Soetoro, not Obama. Thus his corrupt and criminal helpers forged a COLB as a digital image and put it on the net at Daily Kos. It was then picked up at other sites and eventually Obama put it up on his site. Obama is now stuck with that forged image and picture since he adopted it as his own. Just like he is stuck with the SSN identity theft charge because he used it for his name in the back dated Selective Service registration. Thus, imo, he could not use a real COLB from Hawaii in 2008 because it still showed the amended record with his adopted name of Soetoro. But this would explain why he had to have someone forge a COLB image for his campaign. This is a test explanation and is not 100% proven of course. Comments, feedback, and criticism of this postulated theory of why a COLB had to be forged instead of getting a real one from HI in 2008 or 2007, as the case may be. Now possibly he has had his record amended a second time to put his current name back in the HI vital records system. Only when we get certified copies of the true and correct copies of the original birth registration docs and all subsequent amendments will we know the truth. As I said, this is just a theory at this point. JMHO.

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I just hung up after the most infuriating phone call I have made since the beginning of my knowledge of Barry’s ineligibility. At Senator John Boozman’s office I was put on the phone with his “expert” on this subject. She said, in a very robotic way, the leaders of Congress had gotten together, and based on the documentation Obama had provided from Hawaii of his eligibility, they were not going to take any action on the issue. She also said the Supreme Court refused to take up the issue. When I asked her why they refused she said, “They don’t have to say”.

Her response to me was stunning in it’s absolute absurdity, although I can’t deny she was being honest about nothing being done. I asked her to send me a letter repeating what she had just said, and she is going to do that. Any discussion of the facts was a total waste of time. Talking to her was like pulling the string on a talking doll that repeats the same statements….over and over and over.

It’s worse than I thought, and I thought it was really, really, really bad.

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